Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21

fofaI and stats aftrs.
Tuesday. June 81, 1857
Ripe tomatoes and green s00'eoerr'e' are
n the market.
Fishermen report that bass are eagerly TAX
ing the fly now.
aaoa Of the Edwards Mfg. Co. is to
no rebuilt at once
~ r,ov Crowell company will play at
Augusta in August
oaeer Fosset,'s beat is on State street af-
,ernoons and evenings
rsa committee of the Kennebec Valley
c.nn Ground hold meeting today.
Tho INST office mechanics have been
aiming the flee windows with screens.
eQalpPi"H 49,
p,ok from the Hicks yard are used in the
.o,.,ruction Of the Insane Hospital addition.
The Percy V. on her Saturday trips, will
Gave tbi. city at | O'Clock p. NJ. instead of 2
o'clock.
Hammond is erecting building 35x20 for
, cafe at the grove. H. is also painting his
cottages.
The reunion Of the Third Maine Regiment
,..ociation will be held in Augusta, Septem-
Der 2lst.
prominent railroad man says the fast
Pullman train will 90 to Bar Harbor via
Augusta returning the back route.
J. w. Estes & Son are to open a shoe man
nfacturing establishment in building be-
longing to M. Estes. erected for stable.
lii expected that the rebuilding of the
Augusta Water Co.'S reservoir will be com
oleed this week and the water from the pipes
allowed entrance.
The Edwards Co. will use sixty cords of
hemlock slabs purchased of J. z. Wyman to
burn brick with. Mr.. Wyman has sawed
100 900 feet Of lumber.
Hon s. w. Matthews. Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, is using the room in the
south west corner Of the basement of the
state House, for his office.
representative of the gentlemen who
contemplate the establishment of pulp
mill here, has been in the city recently. look
ng over the proposed site and its advantages.
The machinery in the new Maine Central
machine shop at Watervllle was started yes
ierday. Itrs expected the shops in this city
will be transferred to Waterville in about
month.
DR.. w. B. Lapham is specially preparing
slmted number of copies of his mount
Desert with Pen and PENCIL for several of
bis friends interested in historical matters
Among the additions will be portrait of
'Champlain," who discovered the island.
Among the long strings OF bass taken from
Cobb0.seeC0ntee this season. is t Jat of John
Il. Cotton, Esq of Lewiston. He spent one
entire dw ON the beautiful lake last week,
and went home with forty bass, which
iuht
Of his fishing rod. He is an expert fisherman.
Following is the program for school exam
nations today, June 81 Q A. M, Grove
street and Kendall street sub primary; 10 A.
~, Grove street and Kendall street primary
schools; II A. NJ. Laurel Hill school
lFreneh;) ? T. M, State street primary and
sub primary schools; 3 T. NJ. 9th and 9th
classes in the Grammar school.
D. +. Pummer OF Weeks Mills owns one
of the colts sired by "OrviIle W" brought to
Maine by Horace Nelson of Waterylle. The
colt is 'wo years Old. stands fifteen hands
hSh. SC git 1000 pounds color, jet black For
tNN''f 'H'tH anu sly IL A'lis ypuus Hkaiiipu u
one ct tine finest srtc jmens of horse fl sh il
the State. The dam WAS of Knox and Morgan
blood. "OcvlIle W" was bred by Col. West
OF kenucky, now owned by Whitney Bros
Of Bangor
Principal Geo. b. Files of the High School
vas very happily surprised at the opening of
the AFTERNOON session to find on his desk an
elegant and valuable gold watch presented to
aim As token of esteem by the present and
former pupils of the school. 1t was accom-
panied by an appropriate address to which
MI Files responded expressing his thanks
snd appreciation. The exercises in the at
ternoon were exceedingly Interesting. The
original declarations by Messrs. w. f. Per
kins and +. l.. Nash were well written and
credit to the authors.
CITY Personals.
Gen. W S Tilton of Boston was in town
yesterday.
Mrs w. G. Fifeld il in Rutland VT for